Tobey Maguire and Kristen Wiig Join Will Ferrell Miniseries

Tobey Maguire and Kristen Wiig have signed on to star opposite Will Ferrell in IFC’s The Spoils of Babylon, Deadline reports. Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Funny or Die are set to produce the series which, “chronicles the sexy and dramatic lives of the Morehouse family who made their fortune in the oil business. As the story unfolds, the booze, the passion and the heartache lead to illegal arms deals and international espionage with the Shah of Iran (also played by Ferrell) not to mention the creation of the doomed sub-prime market.”

Wiig and Ferrell improv their Golden Globe presentation.

Maguire will portray Devon Morehouse, an orphan who was taken in by family patriarch, and oil tycoon, Jonas Morehouse when he was a boy. Wiig will play Jonas’ daughter by blood, Cynthia. The pair take over Morehouse Enterprises as adults, and are forced to hide and fight their illicit feelings for one another. Saturday Night Live’s Andrew Steele co-wrote the script with Casa de mi Padre’s Matt Piedmont, Piedmont will also helm the series.

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